The Good Place Preview Is Here, Yaaaaaay!

When, in the far future, some TV historian sits down to write their dissertation on the most inventive and fascinating sitcoms of the 21st century, the Good Place will be sitting at the top of that list, smiling benevolently and dispensing witty put-downs that are actually Buddhist koans. Hopefully, they’ll even mention that time the series released the first three minutes of season 3. Till that halcyon day, let’s have a look at the Good Place preview.

To start with, the elephant in the room. Yes, we have seen a lot of this before. We knew Michael and Gen the judge had sent Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason back to the human world with wiped memories to see if they can be better people without knowing about the afterlife. I could make an argument about how we never see Michael’s side of it, but all we’re really adding here is the cool little scene with the door between the Bad Place and Earth.

Good Place teaser

But does that really matter? I mean, we meet the door man. The grumpy, surly, hilarious door man. We see the key to the door between life and afterlife, forged from the first atoms ever to exist, that cannot be duplicated (it even says “do not duplicate”). We watch Michael get unbelievably excited about public transport. We see the wit, warmth and charm that makes the Good Place more than just a philosophy lecture. This, my friends, is what we’re here for. Besides. Anything to tide us over until season 3 comes out in full is a good thing, right?